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What is the point of some pages imposing regional requirments when by
now almost everyone knows they can use a VPN to sidestep the regional requirements?
On 7/24/2025 4:30 PM, micky wrote:
What is the point of some pages imposing regional requirments when by
now almost everyone knows they can use a VPN to sidestep the regional
requirements?
Your question should be directed to the membership of the state
legislatures that passed the bills that became state law. Oh, and don't forget to also asked those states' governors who signed the bills into law.
On 7/24/2025 4:30 PM, micky wrote:
What is the point of some pages imposing regional requirments when by
now almost everyone knows they can use a VPN to sidestep the regional
requirements?
Your question should be directed to the membership of the state
legislatures that passed the bills that became state law. Oh, and don't
forget to also asked those states' governors who signed the bills into law.
Why?
I know businesses doing geolocation on their site. For instance, kobo.
They sell ebooks. I want to see books in English, but they insist in
showing Spanish books, per my location. Even if I configure my
preferences to English.
They will sell me whatever book I ask for, but I have to ask for it,
they are not offered to me as "new offerings" or "Top books in UK".
On 2025-07-25 16:37, Retirednoguilt wrote:
On 7/24/2025 4:30 PM, micky wrote:
What is the point of some pages imposing regional requirments when by
now almost everyone knows they can use a VPN to sidestep the regional
requirements?
Your question should be directed to the membership of the state
legislatures that passed the bills that became state law. Oh, and don't
forget to also asked those states' governors who signed the bills into law.
Why?
I know businesses doing geolocation on their site. For instance, kobo.
They sell ebooks. I want to see books in English, but they insist in
showing Spanish books, per my location. Even if I configure my
preferences to English.
They will sell me whatever book I ask for, but I have to ask for it,
they are not offered to me as "new offerings" or "Top books in UK".
I think Micky is referring to "adult" web sites that now need to comply
with proof of age requirements imposed by new laws enacted in several
states that are more worried about younger people accessing those web
sites than they are about whether or not those kids get enough
nourishing food to eat or appropriate medical care.
On 25.07.2025 20:15, Carlos E.R. wrote:> On 2025-07-25 16:37, Retirednoguilt wrote:
welcome to 2025!!1On 7/24/2025 4:30 PM, micky wrote:Why?
What is the point of some pages imposing regional requirments when by
now almost everyone knows they can use a VPN to sidestep the regional
requirements?
Your question should be directed to the membership of the state
legislatures that passed the bills that became state law. Oh, and don't >>> forget to also asked those states' governors who signed the bills into law. >>
I know businesses doing geolocation on their site. For instance, kobo.
They sell ebooks. I want to see books in English, but they insist in
showing Spanish books, per my location. Even if I configure my
preferences to English.
They will sell me whatever book I ask for, but I have to ask for it,
they are not offered to me as "new offerings" or "Top books in UK".
a web full of shit: AI search, AI vibe coders, idiot web developers,
AI content, AI summaries, chat with your PDFs...
ciao...
On 2025-07-25 20:42, Schugo wrote:
On 25.07.2025 20:15, Carlos E.R. wrote:> On 2025-07-25 16:37, Retirednoguilt >> wrote:
welcome to 2025!!1On 7/24/2025 4:30 PM, micky wrote:
What is the point of some pages imposing regional requirments when by >>>>> now almost everyone knows they can use a VPN to sidestep the regional >>>>> requirements?
Your question should be directed to the membership of the state
legislatures that passed the bills that became state law. Oh, and don't >>>> forget to also asked those states' governors who signed the bills into law.
Why?
I know businesses doing geolocation on their site. For instance, kobo.
They sell ebooks. I want to see books in English, but they insist in
showing Spanish books, per my location. Even if I configure my
preferences to English.
They will sell me whatever book I ask for, but I have to ask for it,
they are not offered to me as "new offerings" or "Top books in UK".
Nope, they have been doing the same for well over a decade.
a web full of shit: AI search, AI vibe coders, idiot web developers,
AI content, AI summaries, chat with your PDFs...
ciao...
The developers do as ordered.
On 7/24/2025 4:30 PM, micky wrote:
What is the point of some pages imposing regional requirments when by
now almost everyone knows they can use a VPN to sidestep the regional
requirements?
Your question should be directed to the membership of the state
legislatures that passed the bills that became state law. Oh, and don't forget to also asked those states' governors who signed the bills into
law.
... they are responsible for the shitty front-ends that make you click
"I'm a human" ...
On Fri, 25 Jul 2025 10:37:18 -0400, Retirednoguilt wrote:
On 7/24/2025 4:30 PM, micky wrote:
What is the point of some pages imposing regional requirments when by
now almost everyone knows they can use a VPN to sidestep the regional
requirements?
Your question should be directed to the membership of the state
legislatures that passed the bills that became state law. Oh, and don't
forget to also asked those states' governors who signed the bills into
law.
DonrCOt businesses have a right to deal with whomever they want?
On 2025-07-25 20:42, Schugo wrote:
On 25.07.2025 20:15, Carlos E.R. wrote:> On 2025-07-25 16:37, Retirednoguilt >> wrote:
welcome to 2025!!1On 7/24/2025 4:30 PM, micky wrote:
What is the point of some pages imposing regional requirments when by >>>>> now almost everyone knows they can use a VPN to sidestep the regional >>>>> requirements?
Your question should be directed to the membership of the state
legislatures that passed the bills that became state law. Oh, and don't >>>> forget to also asked those states' governors who signed the bills into law.
Why?
I know businesses doing geolocation on their site. For instance, kobo.
They sell ebooks. I want to see books in English, but they insist in
showing Spanish books, per my location. Even if I configure my
preferences to English.
They will sell me whatever book I ask for, but I have to ask for it,
they are not offered to me as "new offerings" or "Top books in UK".
Nope, they have been doing the same for well over a decade.
a web full of shit: AI search, AI vibe coders, idiot web developers,
AI content, AI summaries, chat with your PDFs...
ciao...
The developers do as ordered.
On Sat, 26 Jul 2025 02:51:07 +0200, Schugo wrote:
... they are responsible for the shitty front-ends that make you click
"I'm a human" ...
The sudden recent popularity of that kind of thing can be blamed on all
the AI crawlers.
On 7/25/2025 2:15 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2025-07-25 16:37, Retirednoguilt wrote:
On 7/24/2025 4:30 PM, micky wrote:Why?
What is the point of some pages imposing regional requirments when by
now almost everyone knows they can use a VPN to sidestep the regional
requirements?
Your question should be directed to the membership of the state
legislatures that passed the bills that became state law. Oh, and don't >>> forget to also asked those states' governors who signed the bills into law. >>
I know businesses doing geolocation on their site. For instance, kobo.
They sell ebooks. I want to see books in English, but they insist in
showing Spanish books, per my location. Even if I configure my
preferences to English.
They will sell me whatever book I ask for, but I have to ask for it,
they are not offered to me as "new offerings" or "Top books in UK".
I think Micky is referring to "adult" web sites that now need to comply
with proof of age requirements imposed by new laws enacted in several--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
states that are more worried about younger people accessing those web
sites than they are about whether or not those kids get enough
nourishing food to eat or appropriate medical care.
In alt.comp.software.firefox, on Sat, 26 Jul 2025 02:40:28 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
On Sat, 26 Jul 2025 02:51:07 +0200, Schugo wrote:
... they are responsible for the shitty front-ends that make you click
"I'm a human" ...
The sudden recent popularity of that kind of thing can be blamed on all >>the AI crawlers.
Yes, and actually many sites no longer make you click that you're human.
They have some method for validating your request and all one has to do
is wait 3 or 4 seconds. Doesnt' that replace the "I am human" click. I think it's nice of them to do that.
On 26.07.2025 20:25, micky wrote:?
In alt.comp.software.firefox, on Sat, 26 Jul 2025 02:40:28 -0000 (UTC),
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
On Sat, 26 Jul 2025 02:51:07 +0200, Schugo wrote:
... they are responsible for the shitty front-ends that make you click >>>> "I'm a human" ...
The sudden recent popularity of that kind of thing can be blamed on all >>>the AI crawlers.
Yes, and actually many sites no longer make you click that you're human.
They have some method for validating your request and all one has to do
is wait 3 or 4 seconds. Doesnt' that replace the "I am human" click. I
think it's nice of them to do that.
If you think so... you are a victim.
20 years ago with 1Mbit conections websites loaded all
in 1 sec, without all the bullshit.
The younger generations just think it's normal to wait 5s with
1GB Broadband and 20 cores CPUs @ 4GHz with 32GB RAM machines.
ciao..--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
In alt.comp.software.firefox, on Sat, 26 Jul 2025 20:40:47 +0200, Schugo <schugo@schugo.de> wrote:
On 26.07.2025 20:25, micky wrote:?
In alt.comp.software.firefox, on Sat, 26 Jul 2025 02:40:28 -0000 (UTC),
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
On Sat, 26 Jul 2025 02:51:07 +0200, Schugo wrote:
... they are responsible for the shitty front-ends that make you click >>>>> "I'm a human" ...
The sudden recent popularity of that kind of thing can be blamed on all >>>>the AI crawlers.
Yes, and actually many sites no longer make you click that you're human. >>> They have some method for validating your request and all one has to do
is wait 3 or 4 seconds. Doesnt' that replace the "I am human" click. I >>> think it's nice of them to do that.
If you think so... you are a victim.
20 years ago with 1Mbit conections websites loaded all
in 1 sec, without all the bullshit.
I don't think the 3-4 seconds is loading time. I think they are pinging
or something to validate.
The younger generations just think it's normal to wait 5s with
1GB Broadband and 20 cores CPUs @ 4GHz with 32GB RAM machines.
I'm not in the younger generation. I've had a home computer for 42
years, and this waiting is only on those sites that care if I'm human or
not. They have a right to keep out bots. 20 years ago there were no
bots.
On 7/25/2025 10:23 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
On Fri, 25 Jul 2025 10:37:18 -0400, Retirednoguilt wrote:
On 7/24/2025 4:30 PM, micky wrote:
What is the point of some pages imposing regional requirments when by
now almost everyone knows they can use a VPN to sidestep the regional
requirements?
Your question should be directed to the membership of the state
legislatures that passed the bills that became state law. Oh, and
don't forget to also asked those states' governors who signed the
bills into law.
DonrCOt businesses have a right to deal with whomever they want?
Not when their preferred business practices violate the law.
On Fri, 25 Jul 2025 10:37:18 -0400, Retirednoguilt wrote:
On 7/24/2025 4:30 PM, micky wrote:
What is the point of some pages imposing regional requirments when by
now almost everyone knows they can use a VPN to sidestep the regional
requirements?
Your question should be directed to the membership of the state
legislatures that passed the bills that became state law. Oh, and don't
forget to also asked those states' governors who signed the bills into
law.
DonrCOt businesses have a right to deal with whomever they want?
In alt.comp.software.firefox, on Fri, 25 Jul 2025 14:44:40 -0400, Retirednoguilt <HapilyRetired@fakeaddress.com> wrote:
On 7/25/2025 2:15 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2025-07-25 16:37, Retirednoguilt wrote:
On 7/24/2025 4:30 PM, micky wrote:
What is the point of some pages imposing regional requirments when by >>>>> now almost everyone knows they can use a VPN to sidestep the regional >>>>> requirements?
Your question should be directed to the membership of the state
legislatures that passed the bills that became state law. Oh, and don't >>>> forget to also asked those states' governors who signed the bills into law.
Why?
I know businesses doing geolocation on their site. For instance, kobo.
They sell ebooks. I want to see books in English, but they insist in
showing Spanish books, per my location. Even if I configure my
preferences to English.
They will sell me whatever book I ask for, but I have to ask for it,
they are not offered to me as "new offerings" or "Top books in UK".
I think Micky is referring to "adult" web sites that now need to comply
No I'm not. This started 10 years ago when I was abroad and wanted to
watch a movie from my Baltimore library via Kanoply, which is in the US, maybe Baltimore. it's come up since then and the most recent was this
week when I want my brother, a radiologist now visiting Peru, to look at
my MRIs, on the radiology website in the USA, and I'm anticipating that
he might need a VPN to do so. Hence the question, if anyone can do it
with a VPH, why do they bother restricting it in the first place?
Because it worked before there were VPNs and they can't break the habit?
Just to slow people down a little?
Some of this has to do with copyrights, I think, but not all.
But I've heard about porn sites. If all they have to do is check a box
that says they are 18, doesn't evey kid who knows how to read know how
to do that? So it seems like no protection at all.
states that are more worried about younger people accessing those web
sites than they are about whether or not those kids get enough
nourishing food to eat or appropriate medical care.
On 2025-07-26 04:23, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
On Fri, 25 Jul 2025 10:37:18 -0400, Retirednoguilt wrote:
On 7/24/2025 4:30 PM, micky wrote:
What is the point of some pages imposing regional requirments when by
now almost everyone knows they can use a VPN to sidestep the regional
requirements?
Your question should be directed to the membership of the state
legislatures that passed the bills that became state law. Oh, and don't >>> forget to also asked those states' governors who signed the bills into
law.
DonAt businesses have a right to deal with whomever they want?
No. Over here they have to tend to anyone that enter the premises. For >example, a bar or a restaurant that wants to be able to reject service
to someone has to pay a special tax (AFAIR)